Patents by Inventor Ann Wilson

Ann Wilson has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 6092476
    Abstract: A seed hopper for a seeding machine is provided with a plastic bin having a substantially horizontal open top that is enclosed by a plastic lid. The bin has two sidewalls having a track extending the length of the bin. The lid is provided with two inwardly extending pins that engage the track. The lid has forward closed position and a rear fully opened position. In moving the lid from a forward closed position to a rear fully opened position the pins slide along the track. At the rear fully opened position the lid can be pivoted on the pins so that it assumes a opened vertical holding position. The lid and bin are provided with cooperating latching structures for latching the lid in its forward closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2000
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventor: Sylvia Ann Wilson
  • Patent number: 5845915
    Abstract: A caddy providing for the stackable storage of various size bins used for holding items such as mail, recycling materials, and piece parts allowing each bin to rotate when the device is tilted during movement of the bins so as to prevent spillage of items placed within the bins. When used for holding of recycle bins, a homeowner may move the bins from the home to the curb without lifting of the bins yet provide ease of access. The bins are maintained in a substantially parallel and horizontal plane to the ground when placed in an upright and tilted position. Wheels and a handle of the device are predisposed to operate as a stand to assist in maintaining the positional rotation of each bin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 8, 1998
    Inventor: Carol Ann Wilson
  • Patent number: 5797408
    Abstract: A hair accessory is adapted for being retained in the hair of a wearer to support an ornament therefrom. The hair accessory includes a body and an elongate leg. The leg extends outwardly from the body, and includes a foot defining an insertion site for suspending the ornament therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 25, 1998
    Inventor: Jackie Ann Wilson
  • Patent number: 5763147
    Abstract: A simple and effective peroxide bleaching method includes the use of a bleaching solution including a peroxide bleaching agent and chloride ion in an amount of at least 0.35 mol/l. An organic phosphonic acid or tertiary aminocarboxylic acid can also be present for stability. The method is useful for bleaching high silver bromide color negative photographic films containing at least 80 mol % silver bromide and from 0.5 to 5 mol % silver iodide in at least one silver halide emulsion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1998
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Shirleyanne Elizabeth Haye, Cheryl Ann Wilson-Bonner, Karen Ruth Ballou